Sacramento City Council convenes special meeting to enter closed session on potential litigation and labor negotiations

The Sacramento City Council convened a special meeting this afternoon and moved into a closed session to consider initiating litigation and to conduct labor negotiations with several recognized employee organizations, the mayor said.

The closed‑session agenda cited Government Code section 54956.9(d)(4) to allow discussion of initiating litigation — listed as “one potential case” — and Government Code section 54957.6 to allow closed negotiations with the Sacramento City Exempt Employees Association, Sacramento Police Officers Association, International Union of Operating Engineers, Stationary Engineers Local 39, Sacramento Area Firefighters Local 522, Sacramento Sierra Building and Construction Trades Council, Plumbers and Pipefitters Local 447, Auto Marine and Specialty Painters Local 1176, Western Council of Engineers and the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers.

The agenda also identified and confirmed the city’s chief negotiators as Shelley Banks Robinson, Aaron Donato and Tim Davis. The meeting record shows a quorum was present. There were no public speakers before the council moved to closed session.

In open session the mayor said, “You may adjourn to closed session,” after which the council proceeded to the closed portion of the special meeting. The transcript provided does not record any public votes or further details about the matters discussed in closed session.

Closed‑session discussions under the cited Government Code sections are not subject to public disclosure while deliberations are ongoing; the council did not provide additional public details about the potential litigation or the bargaining positions of the named employee organizations at the time recorded in the transcript.